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COTTON QUOTA
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CHINA MAIL
No. -37014
Established 1845
THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1958.
UN DISARMAMENT
Secret SANDYS WARNS OF POSSIBILITY OF
Talks
Only Hope
By JOSEPH W. GRIGG ......
London, Apr. 2.
voluntary quota now than UN Secretary-General,
kuve" it smaller one imposed at a later date.
To agree to a voluntary cell.
ing now might be
good
idea in one respect but it might have severe reper cussions in other directions and as Mr Haking Wang, President of the Chinese Manufacturers Association, points out, a quola, volun- tary or government imposed, would ratablish a danger ous preestient which might prompt British manufac turers of other products to ask for the same kind, of speclul treatment.
· Sound Argument
HIS is a sound argument
Tand it followed to
Ita
Dag Hammarskjold, told the West and So- viet Russia bluntly to- day that secret nego-} tiations through diplo- matic channels are their only hope breaking the present disarmament dead-
lock.
of
BACTERIOLOGICAL WARFARE
London, Apr. 2.
MR Duncan Bandys, Minister
of Defence, sold today na responsible government could altogether ignore the possi bility of bacteriological war- fare,
Answering questions in the House of Commons, ho sald that for defensive purponen Britain had to continue ro.
•earch into possible methods
of this type of warfare. Mr Emrys Hughes"-"Labour), a what purposo pacifist, asked there was in dropping bacteria after
hydrogen dropping bontbe.
Mr Bandys axld be could not put
the himself into
mlad of a He did not possible augransor. think attack by these methods
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THE FAKIKI COMERRY IN ACTION TROUSERS.
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could be altogether ignored by any responsible government
ro-
Dr Edith Summerskill, Labour,
*aked whether British search was into antidotes for bacterialogical warfare. Mr Gandys replied that the pur. pose of the research was de
the but to study fensive, methods it was "necessary to study what the other fellow could do to you."-Acuter.
Bill To Allow Women
To Sit In
Given
Lords
Final Sanction
London, Apr. 2.
He did go in an address to The House of Commons tonight gayo its final sanction, by 292 votes to 251, to a bill which will allow women to vote in the House of Lords for the first time in its 700 years' history. The bill will also permit the creation of "life-time" peors and peeresses.
members of both Houses of
Pritish the
Parliament under the auspices of the British Group of the Inter- Parliamentary Union.
Formal Talks
toptent conclusion manu- Hammarskjoldt bas been
facturers in other Common wealth countries might be inclined to follow suit and Hongkong would be the loser all round. Hongkong is in no poltion to retallate by taking rentric tive measures against Bri- tish exports to the Colony, of the PAW but as most
spending four days here at the invitation of the British Gov- ernment. He has had two formal inretings-including one Insting nearly two hours this mming with Foreign Secre- tury Selwyn Lloyd on means
the-East-West- of breaking deadlect: on disarmament and a summit meeting
Hammarskjold les tomorrow where he materials uned in local morning to Geneva Industries originate from will meet with United Arab
the United Kingdom ex
Itepulille
Foreign Milster
porters there would feel Mahmoud Fawzi.
the effect of such restric- tive measureo,
In his speech to the British politicians, Hammarskjald irade
Only
Queen Elizabeth's formal assent. expected next
Easter Holidays month, is needed for the bill to
of
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on
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CHURCHILL
IN
Thus a vicious firele would describe as "private diplomacy FINE FORM'
"Long
TW
of
those in Whitehall who are howling
Kingdom and
a urgent plea for what be
diplomacy."
has
shown
that
be created and it is possible or quiet
experience thui
exporters
would not produce results," he materials in the United otiations entirely in publle
sald
The UN Secretary-General dla for blood have not Lakennut mention the possibility of In fact, a re- this fact into consideration. summit talks.
10 them in an earlier ference The outcome of the current
talks will not be known for text of his speech which later
withdrawn a few days, but from all accounts the British aug- before delivery. bo turned will
gestion down.
Trial Balloon
W:5
was
Controlled
deleted
On disarmament, Hammersk- "It In obvious tho1 Jula said, IR Frank's mission seems controlled disarmament will be only through the possible
Notions, because any United
be
ST
to be in the nature of a
become law.
UN
themselves have For
The peers already passed the bill.
They overruled from the, 83-year-old Seol, the Earl of Glasgow, who dotested the idea of "Riding a Wonih in the tea room library, and, of the 48-year-old Viscount Marrcreene and Ferrard, who feared "Lossy 'Janes."
complaints Of
Enrich
In the Cominons tonight Me R. A. Butler, the Home Seero- tary, said the bill would enable life peerages to be conferred on) people, of distinction men and women widely representative of the nation's fife and so en- rich the quality of debates."
Sir Frank Soskier, Labour's
Roquebruno, Apr. 2. Sir Winston Churchill was "in fine form” tonight at a. three-and-a-half-hour dianor which he gave for chief spokesman, said his party President Reno Coty of voted against the bill because France at the Villa Lait only tinkered with the flouse
of Lords probiern. Pauso.
M. Pierre-Jean Moatti,pre.... fect of the Alpes Maritimes Department and a good friend of Sir Winston Churchill, said President Coly and the British statesman talked at great length on various subjects throughout the dinner,
said the dinner M. Montti was "excellent“.
"We had plenty of drinks,
trial balloon" and, if it is disarmament system has to pricked Hongkong eam ex-adopted and administered by a pect further outbursts from world organisation whose mem- Whitehall and Lancashire.bers include practically all the wine and champagne, and many Lady nations of the world
"However, But Hongkong textile manu-
facturers might do well to exclude the use of private dip-Churchill are due to fly home look further ahead when lomaey both within and outside tomorrow (Thursday)
general the United Nations," United noon.-Reuiter. there will be a election in the United King- Press.
dom within two years.
The Labour Party has already stated its intentions that if. it gains power (and this la more than likely) it will take action against the Colony and it can be pre- sumed that this netion will be in the form of ceilings.
The suggestion that Hong- kong invite a representative Parliamentary mission to
first hand is a wire one,
cigars,"
that does
not.
Sir Winston
and
It left the hereditary charac- ter. of the upper chamber un- changed. Its purpose, he said, was to create, from a semi- torpid chamber, a lively and active opposition to the Labour Parly,"
Proposal
Payment Clearing
STRIKERS
TORIES BOW TO KILLED IN
CRITICISM
OF RENT ACT
London, Apr. 2.
•
The Government today bowed to criticism which has followed its controversial decision to give landlords the power to raise rents and evict tenants from 800,000 houses in Britain next | October.
Mr Henry Brooke,
Minister
of Houshig, announced that cer- tufa tenants faced with evic- Lion would be allowed extr tune in which to And allema- tive accommodation.
The Rent Act is believed to be one of the chief reasons for the current slump
support of the Government at parliamen- tary by-elections.
1710 Labour opposition has 30,000 about estimate that persons are faced with the pros- pect. of eviction in London.
AMENDMENT
Mr Brooke did not say how much longer tenants would have or dat, house to find another This will be given when the omendment to the Rents Act is published.
of
The rents and security tenure of these houses have been The "Frozen" for many years. reason given by the Goverrunent for unfreezing them is that land- rds du not get enough from the rents to keep them in good cundion-Reuter.
Canal Hit Baby Scalded
London, Apr. 2.
Sir William Crawford Cur-
Toronto, Apr. 2. A three-month-old/girl was
arms
Photographer
非
Leaves
- Indonesia
The local representative of the Time Life Interna- tional confirmed this morning that Mr John Dominus, the agency's photographer and corres. pondent who was "cap- tured" by Government: troops in Indonesia, is now in Singapore.
Mr John Dominus left Indo- nusu yesterday.
It has now became apparent foreign that there were three
and photo- correspondente Eraphers covering the Indonesian civil war "captured" by Govern. Borth Sumatra ment troops
fortnight agɔ.
The newsmen were Mr John Dominus of Timo Life Interna- flonel, Mr Marc Riboud of Magnum and Mr John Grima of Assoclated Press.
"CAPTURED"
CLASH
By LARRY COLLINS
Beirut, Apr. 2.
Two persons were killed and 10 others wounded in the ancient southern Lebanese city of Tyre today when police fired into a crowd of several thousand de- monstrators.
hea
The demonstrators gathered in connection with a five-dny
strike which Keneral paralysed the Biblical City. BATON CHARGE Police mounted a baton charge to break up the demonstrators, but were met by stones and bullets. Police retaliated with shots
the which inflicted casualties.
was the second outbreak
of
violence in a strike which be- gan after three young men were sentenced to gaol terma for disrespect the Lebaneso flag during demonstration. Some
demonstrators were wounded and 250 arrested in- mediately after the sentences were announced. Meanwhile, Tyro's sister town
of Sidon today declared generi strike ilke the one in Tyre to express "solidarity" with the Tyre strikers.
PARALYSING
Demonstration leaders had in- tended to end the Tyre strike today, Bul Opposition De puties All Bazzi and Nicola Salem met with local leaders and decided to continue the paralysing general strike and to hold further deraonstrn-
tions of protests. The actionis would continue, they said, until the Govern- ment released demonstratora Imprisoned during the week's strike and
tho replaced District Commissioner ; and Polleo Chlef of Tyrn.—United Press,
Art Prize
A news agency report said some 10 days ago that the three who correspondents, foreign were armed with credentials from the rebel authorities, came rie, Chairman of P and Oserided to death today when she
Iell from her mother's
and across Government troopa (Peninsular and Oriental
Intu u washing machine full of
were "captured." However, it is Steam Navigation Com-boiling water,
learned that the three news. pany), today rejected a
Police said Mrs Bruce Martin | Papermen have at no time been
Lugano, Apr, 2. United Nations proposal was carrying her baby, Suzanne, taken-into custody, placed either
The Grand Prix in the Inter- in open or close arrest or had that ships using the Suez downstairs to The basement
of Canal should pay for the when she ripped. The baby their movements restricted by national Blanc et Noir (black the two belligerent and while) Exposition in Lugano tumbled out of her arms into any
was awarded parties_in_Indonesia.
today to the cost of clearing 1.
the machine. He described the proposal as
The three men were left alone Japanese artist, Gen Yamaguchi, to "cover" The prize of 1,500 Swiss fratica and they continued simply monstrous,"
developing in was given for a colour engraving Str
the
on wood-France-Preste, Indonesia.
the the
William, addressing the and annual meeting here, said: "The suggestion made in ine Unlied Nations that cost should be borne by ships using the Chaal aad
per ccot that means that 40 would fell on British shipowners
is simply monstrous
NATIONAL POLICIES
"The closing of the Canal was the result of nationul policies.
"It is surely unjust, there
Mrs Martin received treat ment for a head injury, a cut arm and chock-United Press.
events
AUTHORITIES MOVE TO HELP
SURVIVORS OF SKAUBRYN
Aden, Apr. 2.
HE Government moved today
fore, that the cost of re-open-T to aid more than 1,000 sur-
Eng
on
vivors of
should be thrown Individuals ог companies representing a small section of the community.
"The cost of national policies should be borne nationally, and not by Individuals.
Most peers are Conservative. Sir Frank Markitam,
Con- pervative, said he was opposed to the hereditary principle. He did not ясе why some people should sit in the Lords because their 17th century were mistresses of after ancestory
King Charles. the Second.
"As the P und O group is the of the user Jurgest Charles made some of his second
duchesses mistresses
whose Canal, I need scarcely say that
US," descendants had the right to the United Nations proposal is
wholly unacceptable to sit in the Lords.
Reuter..
WARM TRIBUTE FOR
HAMMARSKJOLD
London, Apr. 2.
investigate the position at Mr Harold Macmillan, the British Prime Minister, said here today that with all its "weaknesses and diff- culties, in the United Nations lies much of our hopes . for the fature."
one
that could clear the
alr and put the position in
Its correct perspective.
州
The first
life peers pedresses are expected created by Junc.
Summerskill
and
to be
Names mentioned by members Ja the Commons chamber as possibilities for this honour were Dr Edith Summerskill and Mrs Walter Elliott.
SINGAPORE PREPARES
FOR STRIKE
Singapore, Apr. 2. Mrs Summerskill, tall, rod- haired doctor of medicine, was The new Loftist Mayor of
National Insurance
Minister of
In the last Labour Government. "Opportunities are given fur
Mrs Elliott, wite of a former disputes to be settled by nego
It is minister, was recently, defeated H+I+ tiation at compromise.
the symbol of efforts of men to at the Kelvingrove parliamen
bandy-former seat.
Life peerages will not pass on that
descendants.--Reuter.
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live side by side in peace and tary by-election for her hus
Justice," he declared.
Mr Macmillan was speaking
given by the 'to at a luncheon United Nations Association here in honour of Mr Dag Hamm United Nations marskjult,
retary-General.
The Prime Minister said the
Bomarc Fired
Cape Canaveral. Apr. 2.
Singapore, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, said today that on no account should British troops be called out in an Impending strika of 10,- 500 council workers. However, he told the Council immediate preparations ehould be made against tho threatened strike "In order to provide basic necessities of life to the 1,500,000 inhabitants of Singapore,"
Thirteen council unions-with a membership principally of
world body like other neste The American, Air Force to- tower, paid workers have given i
institutiong was far from
forward, parliamenta fallings.
ed gas worKOTE.
A
fect. It was not yet the parlia-day launched at Cape Canaveral notice that they will go on strike ment of the world to whicha. Bomare guided missile, the on April 0 unless the coupell
dreamers had looked most many
TOWDION ground-to-air agrees to re-employ 70 rotrerich- but even national weapon of its breenal.
had their own The Bomare, which has
rango of 200'io 300 miles, rooo He said Mr. Hammarskjold's vertically for some nye seconds work was the diplomacy of re- and then turned southeastwart
and ho had not Thờ mbailo: disappeared from falled, to
ciliation?
so him talents in view 15 seconds after it was reopening of negotiations with that gimcult work-Router.
launched.-Franco-Prusse,
Opposition councillors today voted out by 16 votes to 13 tho mayor's resolution requiring Im- mediate preparation for a strike.
emigrant ship
鹚 Norwegian
which burned!
out in the Indian Ocean Inle Monday night, Survivors
Norwegian
of the
bro en route ship Skaubryn here aboard the Itallen liner Roma, which is duo here on Friday morning.
instructions
Aden The British Government cabled
10 the
Colonial authorities today to provide accommodation and clothing for the survivors, many of whom lost all their
when possessions Skaubryn went down while en route to Australia. The Aden Government called representatives of Skaubryn's
the
owners,
on
and the GermaL Maliese governments into con- ference today, to decide Arrangements for the reception Almost all of the survivors. those aboard the ship were Germans and Maltese en route to a new life in Australia. Government
spokesmen Gald
British
burning today, The frate Lech Fada stood nearby to warn shipping away and try- to low the blistered bulk to port when it cooled down, Salvage tugs from Aden were expected to reach the scene the late tomorrow to assist frigate.
900 Germans and 190 Mai-Residents of Aden rallied round
including tese were aboard,
300 women approximately and 50 children. Two hun- dred members of the Skau- bryn's crew, all Norwegians, are also aboard the Roma, which took the survivors aboard after the Brilish liner City of Sydney rescued them early Tuesday moLTI- ing.
The last remains of the Skau-
Bill bryn were
aftout and
today to help the survivors when they arrive. The Roma off is scheduled to arrive Aden late Thursday night but harbour will not enter the
until Friday. Skaubryn's agents said today! of the they expected most crew would leave Aden for air within 24 Norway by hours. Passengers would go on to Australia within a work ether by air or sea; they said.-United Press.
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